GRE Word List
FRISK
to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets
The meaning of the word frisk is to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets.
Random words
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recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
unfetter | to free from fetters |
pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
replicate | duplicate |
quicksilver | mercury |
bigotry | obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot |
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tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |